EFFECT OF VARIOUS NITROGEN FERTILIZERS ON MANGANESE AND IRON AVAILABILITY AS MEASURED BY INCUBATION AND SAND CULTURE STUDIES

1970 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. T. CHENG ◽  
G. J. OUELLETTE

After two months of incubation, soils treated with inorganic nitrogen fertilizers contained more available manganese than those treated with organic sources, except for thiourea which increased it very considerably. Changes in manganese availability were partly due to pH changes and partly to the oxidation-reduction influence of the nitrogen carriers. Changes in iron availability were very small and this is presumably due to the chelation effect of the humic substances released during incubation of soil at room temperature. Nitrogen sources influenced not only manganese availability, but also manganese uptake by potato plants grown in sand cultures. Manganese uptake was about the same with nitrate and ammonium salts; however, plants supplied with physiologically neutral and basic nitrogen compounds contained appreciably less manganese than those supplied with acid compounds, although the pH of the solution was the same in all treatments.

1978 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
EM Hutton ◽  
WT Williams ◽  
CS Andrew

A number of lines of Macroptilium atropurpureum, including cv. Siratro, were grown in two experiments at different manganese levels in sand culture. In one experiment 40 ppm manganese was used in conjunction with nitrogen either in inorganic form or as Rhizobium; in the other, two levels of excess manganese (30 and 45 ppm) were used with rhizobial nitrogen at a lower pH. Dry matter yields for tops, roots and nodules were recorded, and the plant material analysed for nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium and manganese. Dry matter yields of tops were reduced, and the ratio of root to total dry matter yield increased, by both Rhizobium and excess manganese. Tops, but not roots or nodules, showed considerable differences in manganese tolerance between lines. Excess manganese caused small but significant changes in concentrations of other minerals. Regressions of rhizobial on inorganic nitrogen showed that at the levels used excess manganese does not impair rhizobial efficiency. Numerical analyses suggested that manganese tolerance operates at three levels; more vigorous lines usually remain so in the presence of manganese, some lines appear to be able to resist the uptake of excess manganese, and for any given level of manganese concentration within the plant, some lines appear more sensitive than others. The results show that growth evaluation studies can be carried out equally well with rhizobial or inorganic nitrogen sources, and they suggest that it should be possible to improve the tolerance of M. atropurpureum lines by selection and/or breeding.


2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 199-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo de Matos Nogueira ◽  
Fabiano Vinagre ◽  
Hana Paula Masuda ◽  
Claudia Vargas ◽  
Vânia Lúcia Muniz de Pádua ◽  
...  

Several Brazilian sugarcane varieties have the ability to grow with little addition of inorganic nitrogen fertilizers, showing high contributions of Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF). A particular type of nitrogen-fixing association has been described in this crop, where endophytic diazotrophs such as Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus and Herbaspirillum spp. colonize plant tissues without causing disease symptoms. In order to gain insight into the role played by the sugarcane in the interaction between this plant and endophytic diazotrophs, we investigated gene expression profiles of sugarcane plants colonized by G. diazotrophicus and H. rubrisubalbicans by searching the sugarcane expressed sequence tag SUCEST Database (<A HREF="http://sucest.lad.ic.unicamp.br/en/">http://sucest.lad.ic.unicamp.br/en/</A>). We produced an inventory of sugarcane genes, candidates for exclusive or preferential expression during the nitrogen-fixing association. This data suggests that the host plant might be actively involved in the establishment of the interaction with G. diazotrophicus and H. rubrisubalbicans.


2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natália Silva Assunção ◽  
Natalia Oliveira Silva ◽  
Flávio Lemes Fernandes ◽  
Leonardo Angelo de Aquino ◽  
Maria Elisa De Sena Fernandes

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of nitrogen sources and rates on the physicochemical characteristics and yield of tomato plants. Forty hybrids were cultivated at 100 and 400 kg ha-1 of N, combined with four sources (urea, ammonium sulfate, ammonium nitrate and calcium), plus a treatment without N application in a randomized complete block design four replicates. Size, stem diameter, number of leaves, SPAD (Soil Plant Analysis Development), leaf nitrogen, number of fruits / plants, fruit firmness, bark thickness and average fruit size, ° BRIX, pH, calcium, potassium and sodium in fruits. There was an increase in SPAD index, Brix and longitudinal diameter of fruits as a function of the N dose. The use of ammonium nitrate and calcium provided stronger fruits. Urea and ammonium nitrate provided the highest pH value in tomato fruits. The application of the 100 kg ha-1 dose of N resulted in the highest potassium content in fruits. The highest productivity was obtained with the application of sources containing ammonium and the lowest in the control treatment. Sources and doses of nitrogen fertilizers influenced growth, productivity and parameters related to tomato quality.  


1987 ◽  
Vol 79 (5) ◽  
pp. 937-943 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. Westcott ◽  
D. S. Mikkelsen

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 8893
Author(s):  
Huanran Liu ◽  
Dan Zhang ◽  
Xia Zhang ◽  
Chuanzhi Zhou ◽  
Pei Zhou ◽  
...  

The strains capable of degrading cellulose have attracted much interest because of their applications in straw resource utilization in solid-state fermentation (SSF). However, achieving high spore production in SSF is rarely reported. The production of spores from Streptomyces griseorubens JSD-1 was investigated in shaker-flask cultivation in this study. The optimal carbon, organic nitrogen and inorganic nitrogen sources were sucrose, yeast extract and urea, respectively. Plackett–Burman design (PBD) was adopted to determine the key medium components, and the concentration levels of three components (urea, NaCl, MgSO4·7H2O) were optimized with the steepest ascent path and central composite design (CCD), achieving 1.72 × 109 CFU/g of spore production. Under the optimal conditions (urea 2.718% w/v, NaCl 0.0697% w/v, MgSO4·7H2O 0.06956% w/v), the practical value of spore production was 1.69 × 109 CFU/g. The determination coefficient (R2) was 0.9498, which ensures an adequate credibility of the model.


1972 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 991-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. S. JOHNSON ◽  
D. J. HUME

The effects of two sources of nitrogen and ground corn cobs, applied either alone or in combination, on nitrogen fixation and seed yield of Glycine max (L.) Merr. cult Altona were investigated in an area where control plants fixed only 7.5 kg N2/ha. Treatments were: N, 280 kg N/ha as NH4NO3; organic matter (O.M.), 14 T (dry wt)/ha of ground corn cobs as an organic matter source; N + O.M.; M1; 88 T/ha of liquid cattle manure; M1 + O.M.; M2, 176 T/ha of liquid cattle manure; M2 + O.M.; and C, control. Treatment effects on nitrogen fixation, measured as acetylene reduction rates, and seed yield were related to the levels of available N supplied to the plants. Nitrogen fixation was progressively increased by treatments M1, M2 + O.M., M1 + O.M., and O.M., with the latter two fixing seven times as much nitrogen as the control. Final seed yield, however, was increased by treatments supplying the highest levels of inorganic nitrogen to plants, with N and N + O.M. producing higher yields than the control plots.


1964 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 791-799 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. R. Brown ◽  
R. J. Strawinski ◽  
C. S. McCleskey

Procedures for the isolation and characterization of Metkanomonas methanooxidans Brown and Strawinski are described. Isolates from varied sources are alike in cellular morphology, inasmuch as they form only microcolonies, and in their dependence on methane or methanol as carbon and energy sources for growth. Both organic and inorganic nitrogen sources are used. The organism is a Gram negative non-sporeforming rod, 1.5 to 3.0 μ by 1.0 μ in size, and motile by means of a single polar flagellum. In growing cultures the oxygen/methane ratio was approximately 1.1 and in resting cells 1.7. The R.Q. for methane with resting cells was 0.43. Resting cells were unable to oxidize organic compounds other than methane, methanol, formaldehyde, and formate. Formic acid was detected in test solutions after cell suspensions had metabolized methane, methanol, and formaldehyde. Using sodium sulphite as trapping agent for formaldehyde, it was found that 60 to 70% of the methane or methanol consumed was converted to formaldehyde. In the presence of iodoacetate, 70% of the methane consumed was present terminally as methanol. Thus it was shown that methanol, formaldehyde, and formic acid are sequential intermediates in the oxidation of methane by these organisms.


1999 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 685-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sydha Salihu ◽  
Jeffrey F. Derr ◽  
Kriton K. Hatzios

Hydroponics and sand culture studies evaluated the effects of isoxaben rate (0.84, 1.69, and 3.39 kg/ha) and application type (root only, shoot only, and root plus shoot) on the growth of ajuga, wintercreeper, and dwarf burning bush. Similar responses were exhibited by the three species tested in both hydroponics and sand culture studies. Based on shoot weight reductions, dwarf burning bush was one to three times more sensitive than wintercreeper, which was the most tolerant of the three species, and ajuga was five to 20 times more sensitive than wintercreeper. Isoxaben applied to the root system at all three rates injured ajuga root tips and foliage and reduced root weight by approximately 40% and shoot weight by 20 to 30%. Isoxaben applications to ajuga foliage damaged the roots and leaves and caused over 30% reductions in shoot and root weights at the highest rate tested. Isoxaben applied to dwarf burning bush roots caused less than 20% shoot injury, reduced root weight by 8 to 18%, and reduced shoot weight by less than 10%. Application to dwarf burning bush foliage caused 20 to 30% injury, but only slight reductions in root and shoot weights were observed. No visible injury was observed in wintercreeper from any isoxaben application. However, root treatment reduced wintercreeper root weight by approximately 15%, and shoot treatment reduced shoot weight by 6 to 10% at the highest isoxaben rate tested. Application of isoxaben to both roots and foliage of wintercreeper resulted in similar reductions in shoot and root weights compared to root or shoot exposure alone. Shoot application to wintercreeper affected root growth, and root treatment reduced shoot growth.


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